[mcksp]

I guess you already researched this topic: would laser turret work for killing mosquitos? And if no, why not? Seems more reliable.

[gus_massa]

Someone had this idea, but from a static laser tower https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26376376 (343 points | 4March 2021 | 250 comments) and https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28793660 (317 points | October 2021 | 161 comments). I'd be very afraid of a missed shots or reflections impacting an eye, also the fire hazard.

Ans there is also a recent post where someone use a similar device to light the mosquito https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44005200 (20 points | May 2025 | 5 comments) and you must give the final bow that sound safer. (Protip: Buy an Electric Fly Swatter)

[jagaerglad]

why spend the scarce energy of the battery in addition what's already being spent spinning the propellers

[mcksp]

I mean getting rid of drone, and having just laser turret.

[alextousss]

Unfortunately it won’t. an eye that collimates light is much more fragile to laser than a mosquito.

[konfusinomicon]

there is a crowdfunding effort for one going on right now for such a device. I think the price is around $500. the videos are equally awesome and hilarious as they vaporize into a little puff of smoke

[alextousss]

That will end up either dangerous or unreleased. Their system sends a 40W laser, which is what you use to cut plastics. There’s no way to make this safe as even a diffuse secondary reflection out of the field of view could blind someone.